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Ukip hopeful too right wing, says rival

Raheem Kassam, who agreed in 2010 to set up a British wing of the American ultra-conservative Tea Party, at what is thought to be a gun roadshow in the US

Ukip would suffer the same fate as the Republican Party under Donald Trump if the “far-right” candidate Raheem Kassam took over, a leadership rival said yesterday.

Hostilities within the party flared up again as Nigel Farage and three of the candidates to replace him toured the television studios.

Paul Nuttall, the party’s former deputy leader, Suzanne Evans, its former deputy chairwoman, and Mr Kassam, a former aide to Mr Farage, have all declared their candidacies.

Mr Farage, the party’s temporary leader, was scathing in his criticism of Ms Evans, who announced yesterday that she was entering the leadership race. Ms Evans, who was suspended for disloyalty in March, attacked the leadership and warned that Ukip was at risk of becoming a Trump-style party.

She told…

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